CPT KIDD wrote:
> ok. i finally got it working with some gritting. added the "hdc=ide-floppy"
> into the grub menu.lst and then had to use the "command line" and NOT the kde
> floppy icon (kde floppy icon is a script file but which one can specify
> filesystem type etc...makes life easier when one can use this icon!)
>
> but, I can only mount the ls120 as "root" on command line prompt:
>
> mount -t ext2 /dev/ls120 /mnt/ls120
If you want to mount as user, put a line like this in /etc/fstab
/dev/ls120 /mnt/ls120 auto noauto,user,nohide,umask=0 0 0
and change the target of the icon to point to that line
>
>
> I also formated this floppy with:
>
> mke2fs /dev/hdc1440
>
> The ide-floppy module appears to be loading fine now (along with ide-scsi)
> (lilo was unhappy with these 2 commands in it's lilo.conf! @#$@#$)
you use
append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-floppy"
(for example)to get them both in without complaint
>
>
> now for the task of reading msdos and vfat on this ls120 drive.
>
> -
>
> My ICQ#: 36645898
>
> -----------------------------
> Created with Mandrake 7.0!
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com
